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IRS appoints Trish Turner to head crypto division amid resignations 2025-05-06 at 13:03 By Cointelegraph by Amin Haqshanas Veteran US Internal Revenue Service (IRS) official Trish Turner was appointed to lead the agency’s digital assets division following the departure of two key crypto-focused executives. Turner, who has spent over 20 years at the IRS and […]

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Bitcoin vs. digital fiat is freedom vs. serfdom 2025-05-06 at 13:03 By Cointelegraph by Simon Cain Opinion by: Simon Cain, contributor at Bitcoin Policy UK Most jurisdictions globally are researching, developing or implementing retail central bank digital currencies (CBDCs). If you see these as harmless move-with-the-times digital updates of old-fashioned paper money, look again. CBDCs

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OKX exec warns against hype amid real-world asset tokenization boom 2025-05-06 at 13:03 By Cointelegraph by Ezra Reguerra Crypto exchange OKX’s CEO for its Middle East and North Africa (MENA) arm urged the industry to focus on delivering real-world utility as interest in real-world asset (RWA) tokenization accelerates.  In a Cointelegraph interview at the Token20249

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Commodore OS 3 is the loudest Linux yet 2025-05-06 at 12:41 By Liam Proven One distro has to be the most extra – and here it is A Commodore-themed talking Linux desktop, complete with hundreds of games, makes for the biggest distro we’ve seen yet.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View Original

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US Senate crypto bills stall amid Trump ties and ethics concerns 2025-05-06 at 12:00 By Cointelegraph by Amin Haqshanas Efforts to pass crypto legislation in the US Senate face mounting resistance amid growing ethical concerns around US President Donald Trump’s ties to crypto. In a May 5 letter to the Office of Government Ethics, Senators

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Infosec guru Schneier worries corp AI will manipulate us 2025-05-06 at 11:50 By Iain Thomson Can we turn to govt, academic models instead? RSAC  Corporate AI models are already skewed to serve their makers’ interests, and unless governments and academia step up to build transparent alternatives, the tech risks becoming just another tool for commercial

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Microsoft will let partners get creative with pay-when-you-want SaaS plans 2025-05-06 at 10:46 By Simon Sharwood A few million here, a few million there, pretty soon you’re talking real money Microsoft partners can now tailor private offers that allow buyers to vary the amount and timing of payments for some SaaS products and services.… This

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Bitcoin Core to unilaterally remove controversial OP-Return limit 2025-05-06 at 10:02 By Cointelegraph by Martin Young Bitcoin Core developers have decided to remove a limit on transaction data in the next network upgrade, enabling more data to be included in a more efficient way.  “Bitcoin Core’s next release will, by default, relay and mine transactions

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Celsius’ Mashinsky lashes out at ‘death-in-prison sentence’ 2025-05-06 at 10:02 By Cointelegraph by Stephen Katte Alex Mashinsky, the founder and former CEO of bankrupt crypto lending platform Celsius, has blasted the government’s 20-year “venom-laced” sentence request, declaring it a “death-in-prison sentence.” The US Department of Justice requested Mashinsky receive at least 20 years behind bars

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Omnissa, VMware’s old end-user outfit, moves to manage servers and … Apple Watches? 2025-05-06 at 09:31 By Simon Sharwood And declares hypervisor independence after being tied to vSphere Omnissa, the company that acquired VMware’s end-user compute portfolio, is moving beyond its traditional territory of managing endpoint devices and into server management.… This article is an

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Google Fixes Actively Exploited Android System Flaw in May 2025 Security Update 2025-05-06 at 09:31 By Google has released its monthly security updates for Android with fixes for 46 security flaws, including one vulnerability that it said has been exploited in the wild. The vulnerability in question is CVE-2025-27363 (CVSS score: 8.1), a high-severity flaw

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Suspect in $190M Nomad hack to be extradited to the US: Report 2025-05-06 at 09:02 By Cointelegraph by Brayden Lindrea A Russian-Israeli citizen allegedly involved in the $190 million Nomad bridge hack will soon be extradited to the US after he was reportedly arrested at an Israeli airport while boarding a flight to Russia.  Alexander

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eToro aims for $4B valuation, $500M raise for US IPO 2025-05-06 at 09:02 By Cointelegraph by Jesse Coghlan The Israel-based eToro Group says it’s looking for a valuation of up to $4 billion with its initial public offering in the US, as the stock and crypto trading platform forges ahead with listing on the Nasdaq.

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Critical Langflow Flaw Added to CISA KEV List Amid Ongoing Exploitation Evidence 2025-05-06 at 08:31 By A recently disclosed critical security flaw impacting the open-source Langflow platform has been added to the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog by the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), citing evidence of active exploitation. The vulnerability, tracked as

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Harrods’ Cyberattack: Cybersecurity Leaders Weigh In 2025-05-06 at 08:18 By Harrods experienced a cyberattack, and cybersecurity leaders are sharing their insights.  This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source React to this headline:

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Florida takes strategic Bitcoin reserve bills off the table 2025-05-06 at 08:03 By Cointelegraph by Martin Young Two Florida crypto bills have been removed from the legislative process in the latest blow to American state-level strategic Bitcoin reserve ambitions.  Florida’s House Bill 487 and Senate Bill 550 have been “indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration”

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Tron says DAO X hack cost victims $45K, Curve Finance also hit 2025-05-06 at 07:02 By Cointelegraph by Stephen Katte A hacker who took over the Tron DAO X account is estimated to have made around $45,000 in improperly solicited funds, according to a spokesperson from Tron.  Speaking to Cointelegraph, the Tron public relations team

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New crypto bill draft seen to curb big crypto firm influence 2025-05-06 at 06:01 By Cointelegraph by Brayden Lindrea The new “Digital Asset Market Structure Discussion Draft” introduced by House Republicans on May 5 could work to reduce the dominance of large crypto firms and promote more participation in the broader market, according to an

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Fresh $1B in Tether mints on Tron, closing gap again with Ethereum 2025-05-06 at 06:01 By Cointelegraph by Martin Young The Tron network has drawn closer to regaining the lead from Ethereum in Tether circulation after another big mint by the US stablecoin issuer. On May 5, Tether minted another $1 billion Tether (USDT) on

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